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181 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123077 | ||
I'm hoping to see your response to each of the specific points of my Post 123052. Looking forward to the discussion. Thanks and God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
182 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123073 | ||
Angel, you make a very, very good point, especially about the Samaritan woman. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
183 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123070 | ||
I read your whole post with interest but as I've stated I'm satisfied that a full balance of God's Word has been represented on this thread so that everyone who's interested can find God's Guidance if they're looking for IT. But for the record, I must disagree with each point of your post above. In contrast, I think God's Word speaks clearly to the bottom line question as posed by swmparent2. Also I noticed you didn't address one of my most important points, that is my point I would title "better safe than sorry." How can you possibly take the position as you state and not address that issue? Surely, you must admit, my post had several good points with seemly just as solid Bible foundation as yours. I await your response. I do hope and pray you'll study this issue with an open mind and open heart. God bless. --Rowdy |
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184 | other bible refrences | Rom 5:7 | Rowdy | 123053 | ||
I would think one of the best contrasts in this regard would be the story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10. God bless. --Rowdy |
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185 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123052 | ||
I can only imagine you're probably thinking you've been flooded, maybe even saturated with so many different opinions and scriptures to back them up. Thus I'm motivated to make this my last post on this thread and strive to keep it brief. Just a few more examples from God Word and I'll try to summarize. First from Apostle Paul 1 Cor 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. So we even see the Apostle Paul, probably the greatest, most devoted disciple of Christ who has to exercise self-discipline in order to prevent losing the prize. What else could he possibly be referring to in this context? We have in Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphira, christians who were also greedy. They wanted the same fame and glory as Barnabas in selling their land but they wanted to keep back a portion of the money and tried to deceive the Holy Spirit. Thus they not only lost their souls but immediately lost their lives as well. My last example would be that of Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8. He too was a christian but greedy for the miraculous powers as exhibited by Peter. He even tried to purchase these powers. Of course Peter told him he had to repent to prevent the horrors of God's rejection. There are others but again I want to be brief. My main point of this post is to acknowledge that God's Word is not always ideally clear on some topics, including this concept of the "eternal security" or "once saved, always saved." I'll readily agree that some scriptures as cited by some of these other posts does give one reason to wonder about the possibility of contradiction but we all know that God WOULD NOT contradict Himself in His Word. So what are we to do? This is my last point and then I'll hush. I would refer you to the words of Jesus Himself from Matt 5:29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 "If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. Does Jesus actually expect us as His disciples to literally eliminate a body part if we have a problem with it? I don't think so as we don't have any history of this kind of practice in these past two thousand years. But on the other hand, IF a person came to the conclusion that these were his only two choices: go to Heaven minus a body part or go to Hell with a whole body, I'm sure most would make the right choice and go to Heaven. What am I saying: this is Jesus' way of saying "better safe than sorry" or "err on the side of caution." So in a similar manner, if a person draws a conclusion of two choices on a particular subject: Assume once you're a christian, there's nothing more for you to worry about OR assume the scriptures referred above are true and that we're all guilty of sin every day (Rom 3:23 and Ja 4:17) which needs to be resolved before God. Thus we must see ourselves in need of God's Mercy and Grace every day of our lives. We all should be in a pentitent attitude all our lives and realize our need to repent every day. If we don't do this, I'm very much afraid we take a terrible chance of facing Judgment Day unprepared. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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186 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123029 | ||
Well, at the very least you can see I was right on target about the breadth and depth of this controversy although I must admit I didn't dream it would happen so much in such a short time. However, I too will also concede that throughout God's Word there are some verses that seem to support the Con side of this question while I have already stated I support the Pro side. I'll elaborate. But first of all, I wanted to introduce to you my latest addition to my library. The title is "Bible Commentary" of the King James version. The main reason for my showcasing it like this is the extensive list of unbiased writers and reviewers on the team that put it together. There's a total of 21 persons on this team but I just wanted to describe a few of the more prominent. 1) James A Borland, Th.D. from Grace Theological, BA from LA Baptist 2) Charles L. Feinberg, Ph.D. John Hopkins Univ and MA from Southern Methodist Univ 3) Edward E. Hindson, Th.D. from Trinity Graduate School and MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity 4) Daniel R. Mitchell, Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary and former Professor of Theology at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Like I mentioned there are many, many more but suffice it to say they cover the whole spectrum of Bible topics and modern denominations so I was reasonably assured that their opinions are at least worth a second look. I'll be quoting from this book quite a bit in the balance of this post and in future posts. So I would cite from 1 John 1:6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. John goes on to describe this process placing an equal amount of emphasis on the horizontal relationship with our fellow christians so as to maintain a proper vertical relationship with God our father, 1 Jn 2:11. From the Commentary: "John may have come right to the point; he is probably dealing with a real situation where there are those who claim that you can have fellowship with God and live andy way you please. Exactly this situation had existed earlier and occasioned the wirting of II Peter and Jude. More sophistication had probably been added, but these false teachers or incipient gnostics showed signs of having the same warped logic which would permit practicing known and willful sin." Next I would cite Paul's side of the story from 1 Cor 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. Commentary: "From the original Greek, 'buffet my body' meant a tremendous amount of abuse. Paul's Corinthian readers knew that in the Isthmian games, the boxers wore gloves consisting of ox-hide bands covered with knots and nails and loaded with lead and iron. To prepare for such an event, a man would have to steel himself against all forms of physical abuse." So we see here that even Paul had to bring his body into submission lest he fall from grace. If Paul could fall, don't you know any and all christians since his time could do the same. At this point, I must get some sleep. I'll continue this dialouge tomorrow. God bless. --Rowdy |
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187 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123001 | ||
I'm afraid you're dealing with a very old and controversial subject going back several centuries with John Calvin on down. If you'll punch in key words like, once saved, always saved, Calvinism or loose salvation into the Word Search at the right of your screen, you'll get a tremendous variety of opinions, statements and scriptures supporting each position. My position is that a christian can most certainly loose their salvation if you fail to maintain a good healthy relationship with God through His Son. There are many scriptures I can cite but I'll try to restrain myself to just a few. I'm sorry but I have to go on an errand. I'll get back to you with those few scriptures over the weekend. I do hope you'll study the matter in your Bible and pray about it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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188 | I need to find a passage in the Bible... | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122994 | ||
Good statement, right on target. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
189 | Was it not 99 years old? | Gen 21:2 | Rowdy | 122993 | ||
I think the answer you're looking is from Gen 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" God bless. --Rowdy |
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190 | YET ascented to Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122991 | ||
I have to agree with almost everything you've said here, all but the point about Jesus' visit to Hell/Hades. Although Peter is pretty clear about Jesus' going there, it's not quite so clear what exactly He preached to them or the end result therefrom. Cited for reference: 1 Pet 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. Thanks be to God, this is not a point that's critical for agreement to be pleasing to God, thus we can agree to disagree. There's so many good scholars on this Forum, I feel dwarfed. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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191 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122989 | ||
You're correct of course. We do need to see ourselves as dependent on God for sustanance of life, both physically and spiritually. I guess what I was trying to say is that while we're here on earth, as we mature more and more, our priorities line up closer and closer with God's and we realize we don't need God to provide for our physical needs quite as much and we certainly don't need our wants to be filled nearly as much. What a wonderful concept. Unity on such a controversial subject. It truly is a blessing, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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192 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122982 | ||
So we're in agreement on this point. The Holy Spirit does to this day dispense gifts to us as christians, some more to others but I'm convinced He wants to stay "behind the scene." Thus our faith is built up along with our spiritual maturity as we see the Hand of God and the Holy Spirit in our lives as They guide us through perilous difficulties and help us avoid sin if we let them. Futher, if we're studying God's Word on a regular basis and maintaining a regular prayer life, They will help us identify opportunities for doing good, dispensing acts of kindness and many other good deeds. Hopefully, our daily ocassions of stumbling are less frequent AND less severe. We grow more and more mature and less dependent on God when we can finally say with confidence and much grey hair on our heads, "Lord, take me home." "To die is gain but to keep living is Christ" and whatever Your will is, that I will do. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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193 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 122980 | ||
I'm not able to answer you first two questions as I don't know much about the cannonization process. I'll let you look that up. But I am convinced that the OT is obsolete as evidenced by God's Word as cited previously. The disignations Old and New are merely endorsements of that fact. However, I'll repeat myself yet again, this obsolete condition only applies to the OT's authority, especially as it applies to the few minor differences. The bulk of the OT is still an incredibly valuable document for study, and understanding the NT. Without the OT, we could never hope to understand most of the NT or to even understand our world. So I have tremendous respect for the OT. You might compare this respect to that of the top racers in today's auto races. Those drivers have much respect for the history of automotive industry in the past century but is it possible that one of those old jalopes with its old engine and transmission could overtake its modern counterpart? You say, that's a silly comparison, and I guess I'd have to agree but it's the best I could do at the moment. Remember all of us of drivers have respect for and appreciate the tremendous value the automotive industry meant to this country's industry and commerce. In the same way, the OT didn't have an "engine or transmission" to take care of sin completely. It didn't have a qualified "mechanic" or a good enough High Priest like we've got now to administer such a high powered "vehicle" or covenant like that of the NT. There may be other comparisons but I'm already stretching the envelope here so I need to hush. By the way, I apologize for the length of time it took for my response. I sincerely hopes this helps (instead of confuses) and God bless. --Rowdy |
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194 | About Premillenialism... | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122978 | ||
And yet in stark contrast, we see from the Hebrews writer, most likely Apostle Paul Heb 9:26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. Since we have this clear language in verse 27 in contrast to the figurative language of the Bible, I have to put my vote in with the clear guidance. Sorry about not noticing your note earlier and responding; this one completely went over me. God bless. --Rowdy |
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195 | will Jesus take away from you? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 122976 | ||
Ultimately, I would have to say that this parable reflected Jesus' basic attitude toward all possessions we might come to own. Count it all as trash as Paul did and look forward to storing up treasures in Heaven. Luke 12:16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive. 17 "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' 18 "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' 21 "So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." This basic attitude should prevail regardless of the origin of our gain in this life, whether from our hard work or someone else's. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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196 | YET ascented to Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122975 | ||
As far as I know this is the only place in the Bible Luke 16:22 "Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. Apparently, the Jews thought of this phrase, "Abraham's bosom" as being their idea of Heaven or the ideal place after life on earth. Jesus saw how much emphasis they placed on Abraham. By the way I found this quite easily by inserting those two words into the Word Search at the right of your screen. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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197 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122974 | ||
Your first point is yet another good reason why our God saw that it wasn't good for mankind to continue through this miraculous phase of Christianity. As a race of rational human beings, we really don't deal very well with the supernatural or something we don't understand. Just look at all the modern science fiction movies in today's theatres. I don't really have a solid Biblical response to your comment, as you have already quoted from scripture. We can only read and acknowledge its truth. However, on your second point/question, we do have clear Bible guidance. In Acts 2, this jump to conclusions by the public at large is seen. Suffice it to say that people in every age, men and women love to gossip and are quick to sieze anything to promote that tendancy. (My guess is, this thought of "being out of their minds" was coming from those who didn't understand the language being spoken.) My main point here is the fact that there were certain individuals who did understand; otherwise they were strictly instructed by Paul to hush and wait for an interpreter. Finally, I would challenge you and all Forum participants to come up with one single Biblical example of such a person who had miraculous abilities showing his source other than one of the two methods I've cited in my earlier post. For clarity, I'll repeat those sources: the Holy Spirit Himself as in Acts 2 and Acts 10 OR the laying on of hands of the Apostles ONLY. Thanks for participating in this discussion. Awaiting your response and God bless. --Rowdy |
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198 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122961 | ||
Copied for reference: 1 Cor 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 21 In the Law it is written, "BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE, AND EVEN SO THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME," says the Lord. 22 So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; 25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you. 26 What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret; 28 but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God. 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. 30 But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent. 31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted; 32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; 33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. There is an alternate interpretation to this discussion. I and millions of other christians believe as follows. First of all, I'm convinced that these two powers, speaking in tongues and phrophecy is just two of the powers bestowed on christians. Second, speaking in tongues just simply meant speaking God's Word in the first two centuries to people from all over the world through the Apostles or some select few who had never studied or spoken that language beforehand. Phropecy was an all inclusive power to speak God's Word as it applied to a new situation or in some cases to foretell the future. A prophet just as in the OT was merely a mouthpiece for God. Remember during this timeframe the NT was in the process of being written and being collected and dispersed throughout the world. The Bible clearly shows this endowment of miraculous powers from the Holy Spirit in ONLY two cases: Day of Pentacost in Acts 2 and onto Cornelius and his household in Acts 10. All other demonstrations of these powers (other than Apostles themselves) were manifested ONLY by those who received the "laying on of hands by the Apostles." So when all the Apostles died and all these other recipients died, it's clear that all these miraculous powers from human beings died with them. BUT just in case you or anyone else differs with this position, we do agree since we're Bible students that the Bible sets the standard and provides the characteristics to evaluate "miracles" from human beings in today's world, right? So we're talking about raising the dead after a several days of confirmed death, restoring a severed body part, enabling a person to see or to walk after a lifetime of not being able to enjoy these abilities. In other words, miracles must be feats of the supernatural, confirmed so that absolutely no one could possibly deny its coming from God. In this context, it's a little easier to understand verse 22. Speaking in tongues was done by God through those christians so that unbelievers would hear the Gospel and become believers. Prophecy was God speaking through christians to christians so they would know how to deal with the difficult issues confronting christians of that age without the NT and without the guidance of the Apostles in person at that moment. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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199 | I need to find a passage in the Bible... | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122944 | ||
I believe you're looking for the following from Paul 1 Cor 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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200 | Shout to the (r)Rock of our salvation? | Ps 95:3 | Rowdy | 122933 | ||
From your post: But in "working out" my salvation and my faith system, I know that there was no strange god that came to earth. This Jesus was not just a man. He came as light but was the Light of the world. He is our rock, our refuge, our stronghold; but He is also our Rock. Which version do you go with? Does it matter? Are not both of them correct, rock and Rock? My answer: As I've stated a couple of times, anytime we (in my opinion) refer to one of the Godhead as you've done, I would suggest capitalizing so I would not only capitalize Rock. I would've included "our Refuge, our Stronghold." I'm afraid I can't recall a specific verse commanding this practice. Indeed apparently the Hebrew and Greek language didn't even allow for such practice as capitalizing but it's an English language thing. But in accordance with our understanding the reverence due to our Father, I do it whenever possible. If in doubt, I'd suggest going ahead and capitalizing it, just to be safe. God bless. --Rowdy |
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